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Online Cte In The Community College, Brian T. Dietz, Rachal Etshim
Online Cte In The Community College, Brian T. Dietz, Rachal Etshim
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Community colleges serve the most diverse student population with regard to age, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. These characteristics mirror those of students who enroll in career and technical education (Bragg, 2001, 2014) and online courses (Aslanian & Clinefelter, 2013). Yet only a handful of studies have been conducted about online technical education in community colleges. Given the continued growth in online education (Allen & Seaman, 2015; Lokken & Mullins, 2015), increasing use of technology in the classroom, and the emphasis on career and technical education (CTE) as a means of increasing degree production, more information is needed about …
The Impact Of A Story-Based Lesson On Student Learning And Attitudes, Janice Marie Fulford
The Impact Of A Story-Based Lesson On Student Learning And Attitudes, Janice Marie Fulford
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Recent work by Stephen Klassen draws attention to specific structural elements that are thought to give stories their explanatory power in the context of physics. In this poster we report results of a study based on Klassen’s pioneering work but in the context of evolution. A mixed-method research study was conducted over two semesters at a Midwest university to determine if a story developed from the history of research on industrial melanism over the course of a three day lesson would result in improved student understanding of the concept of natural selection.
The study involved a direct comparison of two …